MATERIALS
• Fabriano paper 250gsm.
• Derwent graphite pencils in soft and hard ranges (4B, 2B, HB, H, 2H).
• Staedtler mechanical pencils 0.3, 0.5 and 0.9 width; with HB and 2B leads.
• Tortillon stumps.
• Colour blender.
• Blu Tack.
• Masonite board.
• Bulldog clips.
• Blank A4 paper.
• Tracing paper.
STEP ONE
I chose several different reference photographs of elephants from the Internet, books and newspapers, and practiced several small sketches of elephant compositions. When content, I graphed up a
